Call to Order: Meeting Called to Order by Shawn Manee at 7:35Pm

MRA Meeting Min June 16th 2015 @ 7:30 pm Via Conf Call

Call to Order: Meeting called to order by Shawn Manee at 7:35pm Attendance/Roll Call: highlight members in attendance President: Shawn Manee VP: JoJo Wagner Secretary: Jill Scott Finals Secretary: Katie Bell Treasurer: Alicia Mengelkoch Bull Riding: Derek Stockman & Mitch Muelken Calf Roping: Mikey Loiseau & David Slipka Over 40 CR: Mike Filkouski & Quinlann Thomas Barrel Racing: Sharon Munn & Courtney Otto Team Roping: Wade Grinager, Brad Scott, Jimmy Jacobson, & Dustin Schaefer Breakaway Roping: Jolene Loiseau & Heidi Gunderson Steer Wrestling: Luke Schubert & Blake Boysen Judges Director: Greg Caron Bareback: Cory Schwartz & Travis Fagen Saddle Bronc: Ty Sonenstahl & Morgen Dwire Queen Director: Alicia Mengelkoch Stock Director: Scott Berends PR Director: Lacey Huben Finals Director: General Members:

Treasurer’s Report: Alicia Mengelkoch, $50,426.76 checking, $4,035.44 savings, $54,462.20 total Jojo MM to approve treasurer’s report/Brad 2nd it. Carried.

Secretaries Report: Jill Scott REMINDER: There are a few directors who do not have they memberships in – must do With new directors – we could use a few volunteers for committee’s

271 Members at this time, last year we had 260 at this time

May Meeting min we emailed out and placed online Alicia Mm to approve secretaries Report/Jojo 2nd it. Carried.

Committee Reports:

Queen: Alicia Mengelkoch

Nothing to report

Stock: Scott Berends, Mike Filkouski,

Nothing to report

Awards: Jill Scott, Alicia Mengelkoch, Jojo Wagner

A few saddle checks need to go out yet from 2014 finals – Alicia is waiting on invoices

CR and O40 CR are requiring $10 per run to go towards year end awards.

Fundraising: Shawn Manee, JoJo Wagner, Alicia Mengelkoch, Jill Scott, Nothing to report

Budget: JoJo Wagner, Shawn Manee, Alicia Mengelkoch, Jill Scott,

Nominations: Sharon Munn, Mikey Loiseau,

Jojo bid to continue to do points for $50 per rodeo Alicia bid for treasurer is $150 per month with membership Jill Scott bid for MRA Secretary is $500 per month with membership

Brad MM to accept Jojo, Alicia and Jill’s bids for a 1 year term/David 2nd it. Motion Carried.

Katie Bell bid for finals MRA Secretary is $1200 one time payout at finals (she was getting $100 per month) with membership Due to the nature of the finals this year possibly being in the fall, we would run into an over budget sum as up to this point she has been getting $100 per month, and our total year budget for that position would be more than the previous bid. After this year it would be an annual sum over the course of 12 months. Dustin reports it is still $1200 for the finals regardless of when it is done.

Jojo MM to approve Katie’s bid of a $1200 payment at the finals, Alicia 2nd it. Motion Carried.

Rules and Bylaws: Shawn Manee, Greg Caron, Jill Scott, Sharon Munn, Scott Berends

Nothing to report

Finals: Mike Grinager, Shawn Manee, Katie Bell, Mike Filkouski, Alicia Mengelkoch, Jojo Wagner

Jojo reviewed the excel sheet put together with all the outdoor and indoor options, to compare bids, along with budget and dates of other rodeos, including college rodeos and events.

General discussion on what our membership would want. Our membership had voiced the liked the idea of indoor, however with that option our budget will be much tighter, and if we go outside, we have the option to add extra money if the budget allows, or increase the timed event cattle with the extra money that could be available. Our budget is on a worst case scenario, so there may be more money. Some discussion on the outdoor grounds with the issue of weather. Some discussion on indoor arena regarding size, and dates available.

Dustin MM to eliminate Hugo and Isanti bids/Alicia 2nd it. Motion Carried.

David MM we consider Winona and Verndale only as possible indoor locations/Dustin 2nd it. Motion Carried.

Jojo will follow up on size and exact bids for indoor and we will meet again to make an official decision on location. Scott discussed on Verndale and how many bleachers would fit with the arena we would want. Jojo will clarify this as well. Scott also discussed the way the rough stock chutes go in Buffalo and the different contractors stock. Some thoughts on Granite offering us a % of ticket sales versus nothing, Jojo will follow up on this as well.

Old Business:

Our schedule is on ehorsehotline.com under event calendar

Alicia talked to the person running the Devils Lake Rodeo and they are planning to have the MRA sanctioned this year again but there is no approval in. Discussion on what the sanction fees were last year, maybe we should have the finals on that weekend if that rodeo was not a big hit for the MRA. Alicia reports we got $1326.00 from Devils Lake Rodeo last year for sanctions. We also got $160 in permit fees that weekend.

New Buisness

Rodeo Name Monroe County Championship Rodeo Sanction MRA Stock Contractor Dakota Rodeo Address Monroe County Fairgrounds, Tomah WI Performance July 31st 2015 @ 6:30 Slack Noon on July 31st Entries July 27th 2-8pm 612-439-0640 Events SB,BB, BR, CR, O40 CR, SW, TR, Ladies Breakaway, Barrels, Added Money $1000 in Bull Riding,, $500 in all other events Emergency # 612-839-9568 Application Your application musts be postmarked by 7-27-2015 To receive points for this Status rodeo.

David MM to approve/Jojo 2nd it. Motion Carried.

It has been noticed some of the girls have been wearing holey jeans, this is not western attire appropriate, and judges have been informed and will be requesting appropriate jeans. Some discussion on where this came from, it was a concerned member who recalled our rule book. Some discussion on fashion/style and what is distasteful.

Dusting sent in a rule, it got left out on accident. We will add for next meeting

Quinlann suggested possibly increasing our dues for 2016 to get more money for our finals. This will be discussed further at the next meeting.

Next Meeting Date: Tuesday June 23rd @ 7:30 pm to discuss finals venue. Jojo suggested a face to face meeting again to discuss – Shawn reminded the board we get a good participation from the board on the phone, will determine next week. Motion to Adjourn: Alicia MM to adjourn/Jojo 2nd it. Motion Carried.